Fair trial
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 23 February – 1 March 2025
Summary: Withdrawal of the lawyers from the session to renew the detention of journalist Ahmed Sirag before the State Security Prosecution after the Secretary of the Prosecution assaulted the member of the General Syndicate Council, Mr. Mamdouh Abdel Aal. Court renews the detention of activist Sherif El-Rouby among hundreds of citizens, despite his absence from […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 9 – 15 February, 2025
Summary: State Security Prosecution renews the detention of journalist Ahmed Sirag for the second time on charges of joining a terrorist group. Renewing the detention of Engineer Yahya Hussein Abdel Hadi without presenting him to the court or hearing his defense. Release of 11 citizens in Zagazig, Sharqia. Continuation of the trial of hundreds of […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 12 – 19 January, 2025
Summary: Arrest and investigation of Dr. Nada Mogheeth by the Supreme State Security Prosecution and her release on bail. Economist Abdel Khaleq Farouk suffers a heart attack in his prison cell in 10th of Ramadan Prison and his transfer to the prison hospital. Supreme State Security Prosecution continues to renew trials for hundreds of citizens […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 24 – 30 November, 2024
Summary: Lifting the names of 716 citizens from lists of terrorist entities. Security forces arrest journalist Sayed Sadeq and refer him to the Supreme State Security Prosecution State Security investigations continue into 30 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news. Rotation of 9 citizens from Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 17 – 23 November, 2024
Summary: Postponing the appeal of activist Mohamed Adel to count his pretrial detention period as part of the sentence. State Security investigations continue into 27 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news, including human rights lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim. Rotation of 7 citizens from Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 9 to 15 September, 2024
Summary: State Security investigations continue into 33 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news. Investigating three young members of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party after security forces stormed the venue of their conference. The release of unionist Hisham El-Banna, the last worker detained by the Samanoud Wabriyat Company, by a decision from the […]
Between on paper and in reality…
The unjust remote renewal sessions for pretrial detention
Presentation: Pretrial detention is one of the most crucial components of justice, since it relates to the personal freedom and security of citizens; which the Egyptian Constitution has been always keen to protect. This significance relies on that pretrial detention may be a tool to deprive citizens of their freedom during the stages of the […]